State-Level-Politics

ALEC Corporate Membership Explodes as Major Corporations Overwhelm Organization with Requests for Legislative Access

1984-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

By 1984, ALEC’s corporate membership had grown so rapidly that Executive Director Kathleen Teague reported corporations were overwhelming the organization’s capacity. Major corporations supporting ALEC that year included Edison Electric Institute, Procter & Gamble Co., Mary Kay …

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ALEC Establishes Cabinet Task Forces and Partners with Reagan's Task Force on Federalism

1981-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

In 1981, ALEC formalized its systematic corporate legislative capture mechanism by establishing seven Cabinet Task Forces that worked directly with the Reagan administration on policy development. President Ronald Reagan formed a national Task Force on Federalism headed by U.S. Senator Paul Laxalt …

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American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) Founded as Systematic State-Level Corporate Influence Platform

1973-09-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

ALEC was strategically established in September 1973 by Paul Weyrich, Henry Hyde, and Lou Barnett as a pioneering corporate-legislative coordination mechanism. Developed from the Powell Memorandum’s blueprint, ALEC created a novel ‘model legislation’ approach allowing corporations …

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